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"Fruits" of roses, "rose hips". Botanically speaking, however, it is a pseudo-fruit (pseudo-fructus), but a "pseudo-fruit": in addition to the fruit, the fruit contains the hairy cup of the flower (hypantheum). The dried rose hips (i.e. the fruit including the cup (Rosae pseudo-fructus cum fructibus) and the peel of the rose hips (Rosae pseudo-fructus), i.e. without the nuts, are used phytotherapeutically. The shells of the rose hips consist of the remains of the dried sepals and the cups.
The dried rosehip peel is used to make tea and the rosehips are processed into jam or marmalade. 100 g of fresh rose hips contain 400-5,000 mg ascorbic acid.
The phytotherapeutically used rose hips come from dog roses and alpine dog roses, see also under roses
The quality of rose hip peel (Rosae pseudo-fructus) is specified in the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.), that of rose hips in the German Pharmacopoeia Codex (DAC).
ESCOP monograph: Colds and flu; Rosehip: Relief of joint arthritis-related pain and stiffness.
Commission E - Monograph: Zero monograph
Rosehip seeds:
Commission E monograph: Null monograph.
Empirical medicine: Kidney and bladder diseases, stone diseases, gout, rheumatism, sciatica. Use is not recommended.
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Tea infusion: Rosehip: 2 to 2.5 g of crushed rosehip (peel) pour boiling water, infuse for 15 minutes, strain. 1 cup of rose hip tea several times a day.
Rose petals: 2 g of chopped rose petals pour over 150 mL of boiling water, infuse for 10 min, cool.Use 3 times a day for mouth rinse; for skin treatment use moist compresses 3 times a day.
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Rosehip powder and capsules
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Ingredients:
Rosehip peel: ascorbic acid, pectins, sugar, fruit acids, tannins, carotenoids
Rosehip also contains linoleic and γ-linolenic acid
